Berwick vs Cape Neddick

A side-by-side comparison of Berwick and Cape Neddick: population, income, housing, and more.

Berwick and Cape Neddick are places in Maine. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cape Neddick has the higher population (2,578 vs 2,085 in Berwick). Cape Neddick has the higher median household income ($98,113 vs $64,864 in Berwick). Cape Neddick has the higher median home value ($636,100 vs $309,600 in Berwick).

Population, income & housing

	Berwick	Cape Neddick
Population	2,085	2,578
Median age	42.5 yrs	64.2 yrs
Median household income	$64,864	$98,113
Median home value	$309,600	$636,100
Median gross rent	$1,044	$1,723
Housing units	1,015	3,500
Homeownership rate	69.1%	88.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.5%	52.1%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berwick	Cape Neddick
Population	2,354 → 2,085 (-11.4%)	2,217 → 2,578 (+16.3%)
Median household income	$75,503 → $64,864 (-14.1%)	$81,037 → $98,113 (+21.1%)
Median home value	$205,100 → $309,600 (+51.0%)	$421,600 → $636,100 (+50.9%)
Median gross rent	$980 → $1,044 (+6.5%)	$1,268 → $1,723 (+35.9%)

Berwick

Population

2,3542,085

Median household income

$75,503$64,864

Median home value

$205,100$309,600

Median gross rent

$980$1,044

Cape Neddick

Population

2,2172,578

Median household income

$81,037$98,113

Median home value

$421,600$636,100

Median gross rent

$1,268$1,723

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berwick	Cape Neddick
Under 5	0.5%	4.6%
5 to 17	26.0%	7.3%
18 to 24	5.4%	0.4%
25 to 34	7.1%	8.2%
35 to 44	23.3%	8.6%
45 to 54	10.4%	5.9%
55 to 64	12.0%	16.5%
65 to 74	5.6%	28.0%
75 and over	9.5%	20.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berwick	Cape Neddick
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	96.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.8%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berwick	Cape Neddick
No high school diploma	5.7%	0.8%
High school graduate	40.0%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	19.8%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	36.1%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	16.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berwick	Cape Neddick
Drove alone	79.5%	68.7%
Carpooled	13.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	27.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berwick	Cape Neddick
1-unit, detached	63.5%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	17.7%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Berwick	Cape Neddick
Poverty rate	5.2%	10.1%
Average household size	2.11	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	26	16
Median year structure built	1970	1974